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Jam Dʒæm Situation Money Noun Strawberry Jar/Pot Recipes

Word3 jam
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /dʒæm/ /dʒæm/
Example
  • strawberry jam
  • a jar/pot of jam
  • recipes for jams and preserves
  • a jam doughnut
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jam

(noun)/dʒæm/ /dʒæm/
  1. a thick sweet substance made by boiling fruit with sugar, often sold in jars and spread on bread
    • COMPARE jelly
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/jelly
    • strawberry jam
    • a jar/pot of jam
    • recipes for jams and preserves
    • a jam doughnut
  2. a situation in which it is difficult or impossible to move because there are so many people or vehicles in one particular place
    • SEE ALSO traffic jam
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/traffic-jam
    • The bus was delayed in a five-mile jam.
    • As fans rushed to leave, jams formed at all the exits.
    • We were stuck in a jam for an hour.
  3. a situation in which a machine does not work because something is stuck in one position
    • There's a paper jam in the photocopier.
  4. used by the media to describe people who do not have much money to live on (the abbreviation for just about managing )
    • JAMs may be in work, but are struggling to pay for essentials such as food, heating or rent.
  5. to be in a difficult situation
  6. good things that are promised for the future but never happen
    • They refused to settle for a promise of jam tomorrow.
  7. money that is earned very easily, for something that needs little effort
    • The job only took about an hour—it was money for jam.

    Word Origin

    • noun senses 2 to 3 early 18th cent.: probably symbolic; compare with cram noun sense 1 mid 18th cent.: perhaps from jam (verb).
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